We are a group of like minded enthusiasts who shun formulae wargaming with rules and regulations without knowledge. Our philosophy is one of " if it happened in history it must be able to be replicated on our games".... oh dear sounds pompous, it's simple really old fashioned and enjoyable without long charts and section N para Y allows me to jump your wall by 6 mm ha ha.

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Monday, 5 November 2018

WW2 game-rules test.

Last night we had a WW2 game to test our rules,prior to putting on a game at Stockton on the 24th November. I came up with the scenario and terrain,whilst Dave organised the figures and tanks etc.

Top photo is the scenario,bottom is the table before any American troops are put on it!It all looks very peaceful-there's even a steam train...................

Carrying "broken" tanks into the town to be fixed!Brian and Paul commanded the Americans,whilst Dave and Graham commanded the Germans.

The American troops advance-I had envisaged a rapid advance by the infantry,supported by the tanks-however my lack of knowledge of the period was put into perspective by "the lads",and a slow and cautious advance commenced!!-surely they would get shot to bits??

This shows Brian's advance being stopped by a most ferocious "gas attack"-nothing to do with the game-just a "gas attack"-we all suffered!!!!!Paul is moving his command over the bridge,and across the stream,which prompted the German tanks to start moving-hurrah!

Paul's advance is well under way,and although he met stiff opposition from Dave's troops in the woods,he managed to keep going-what of Brian??

He has managed to knock out the FOP, and is occupying the railway bridge,and taking on the Germans in the field opposite-another hurrah!!-But,and it's a big but, the German tanks are now in a position to fire!

This shows the magnificent defence being put up by Dave-and is "hammering" the Americans crossing the open ground.At this point in the game the American Generals(?) seemed to have lost total control of their dice throwing just as the German generals gained total control of theirs!!!

A moment to reflect,by the Americans,whilst the German tanks rumble onwards.

Brian is sending his second wave into the fray-they look awfully "bunched up" to me-but what do I know??-I hope Graham doesn't throw some good dice,and knock the hell out of them.......

Oh dear-he did!!-and in the background Dave is doing the same to Paul's tanks and infantry!All is lost and the raid has failed!The lads seemed to enjoy the game,but to me it looks too easy to knock out a tank-maybe our universal use of "average" dice should be changed to "normal" dice(????)Roll on next week,when we will be running through out proposed Stockton game!A big "Happy Birthday" to Paul who was 63 years young last night-pity you couldn't celebrate your special day with a win-but there's always next week.